Welcome to our Advent worship series, Prepare Ye. Each week in this series we will contemplate the many ways we prepare ourselves for the coming of the Christ Child on Christmas. In our worship for today we will consider ways in which we can ponder the meaning of the birth of our Savior through the reading of Scripture and through reflection. Mary serves as a model for us in this pondering in the Annunciation.

Welcome to our Advent worship series, Prepare Ye. Each week we will contemplate the many ways we prepare ourselves for the coming of the Christ Child on Christmas. In our worship for today we will think about ways in which we can take more time during this season to communicate to our God through prayer as we wait for Christ. Zechariah, who went to the temple to pray, serves as an example for us of how hard that waiting in prayer can be.

Welcome to our Advent worship series, Prepare Ye. Each week we will contemplate the many ways we prepare ourselves for the coming of the Christ Child on Christmas. In our worship for today we celebrate the upcoming arrival of our Savior through songs and shouts of praise as we prepare for him. Elizabeth, in her greeting of Mary, provides a benchmark for rejoicing with others over the good news of salvation in Jesus, even as we wait.